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Get Involved |
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There
are many ways to become involved in the race to save the planet
and joining the Green Party is one of them! |
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Perhaps
you are simply interested in learning more about the Green
Party and our policies. Would you like to help in some way,
or consider a donation; consider leafleting or even becoming
involved in local activites? |
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Join the debate |
Join the current Global Warming debate on the Shropshire Star website: |
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Deliver leaflets |
If
you would like to help deliver our leaflets please contact Toby Green, our local party Secretary
and Spokesperson. |
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Make a donation |
If
you would like to make a donation to your local party please
contact Keith O'Neill, our local
party Treasurer. |
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Attend a meeting |
If
you are keen to learn more about the party, the Mid and North
Shropshire group meets on one Tuesday every month in the Hobbs
Room at Shrewsbury Library. To find the date of the next meeting
please visit the Diary Dates page. |
Meetings
begin at 7.30pm. |
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Just ask |
If
you would simply like to speak to someone about the party
and our aims, please call Toby for an informal chat. |
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Write letters |
Say what you think. Be assertive but not aggressive. Be polite, and show respect. Be factual. Don’t give up until you have a straight response! Help Greens win the debate and influence positive change. And inspire others to do the same. |
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Write a letter to the local press |
The Shrewsbury Chronicle |
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The Shropshire Star |
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Write a letter to your MP |
Daniel Kawczynski, Conservative, Shrewsbury & Atcham |
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Owen Paterson, Conservative, North Shropshire |
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David Wright, Labour, Telford |
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Mark Pritchard, Conservative, The Wrekin |
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Philip Dunne, Conservative, South Shropshire (Ludlow) |
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Write a letter to a West Midlands MEP (Member of the European Parliament) |
Philip Bushill-Matthews, Conservative |
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Michael Cashman, Labour |
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Other Parties |
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Why get involved? |
- What can an individual do when the problems are so big? |
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‘Instead of dwelling on the big picture, let’s pull it down to a manageable scale. Let’s bring it home, right down into our communities. If each family and community addresses the situation with available solutions - by reducing their energy consumption, carpooling, recycling and voting for informed politicians - together we can solve this problem.’ |
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- US actor Robert Redford, speaking about climate change in Mother Earth News (Dec/ Jan 2006) |
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'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.' |
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- Margaret Mead, US Anthropologist & populariser of Anthropology (1901 - 1978) |
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‘Nobody makes a greater mistake that he who does nothing because he could only do a little.’ |
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- Edmund Burke (British Statesman and Philosopher, 1729-1797) |
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'If everyone does one thing, then they are likely to do two things, then three things. then they are likely to influence friends and family, and that's how you build a movement.'
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Laurie David (film-maker and producer of the climate change documentary An Inconvenient Truth)
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